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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMMB_Barnstable_NOIhearing presentation_2025Sept9_smallerMarstons Mills River Bogs Eco -Restoration Project Wetlands Protection Act Application for an Ecological Restoration Notice of Intent Conservation Commission Hearing September 9, 2025 Air Photo and Project Site Location Marstons Mills River Project Area Project Team •Owner: •Barnstable Clean Water Coalition •Project Partners: •EPA •Mass DER •TNC •Barnstable Land Trust •Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association •Design: •Inter-Fluve •Horsley Witten •Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Project Goals: •Improve water quality through nitrogen and nutrient attenuation that occurs in healthy wetland habitats; •Enhance habitat for aquatic and wetland organisms; •Maintain cranberry farming in adjacent bogs; •Maintain passive recreational opportunities Why Restore Retired Cranberry Bogs? Unique Attributes of MMR Bogs Restoration •Nitrogen Attenuation Primary Goal •Active Farming Remaining Adjacent to Restored Areas •Important Herring Run Immediately Downstream •Several “Sister” Projects Complement This Project •Middle Pond Fishway •Comprehensive Study Area •EPA WQ Monitoring Ecological Restoration Notice of Intent •Filed Under the Stream Daylighting Category •9 Undersized Culverts/ Berms to be Removed •No Replacement Crossings Interests Under the WPA •Flood Control •Storm Damage Prevention •Erosion and Sediment Control •Water Quality Improvement •Wildlife Habitat •Protection of Fisheries •Recreation and Aesthetics Permitting Pathway – Ecological NOI Track •Notice of Ecological Restoration Project to MEPA - Complete •Section 401 WQC (DEP) – NOT Required •Ecological Restoration NOI •Section 404 (USACE) – To be Filed •Section 106 Historical Review •Essential Fish Habitat Review •USFWS Review •Chapter 91 Permit (DEP) – To be Determined •MA CZM Consistency Review -To be Filed •EPA Sole Source Aquifer Review - To be Filed Marstons Mills River Cell 1 Site Map Comprehensive Study Area: Cells A-D Cell 3 Cell 4 Cell 6 Comprehensive Study Area Limits of Disturbance Access Sand Reuse Area Earthen Berms Comprehensive Study Area CELLS A-D ARE DESIGNATED AS A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AREA. THE PROPOSED DESIGNS SHOWN HERE INCLUDE DITCH AND CHANNEL FILLING AND TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY THROGHOUT THE BOG SURFACES. THE SPECIFIC DESIGN ELEMENTS MAY CHANGE AND WILL BE FINALIZED DURING A LATER PHASE OF DESIGN, BUT MAY INCLUDE: •TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY •SAND REMOVAL •POND CREATION •CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION •ADDITIONAL PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS Comprehensive Study Area Topographic Complexity Cells 1, 6 Sand Reuse Area Earthen Berms to be Removed Access Cell 1 Cell 6 Cell 1 Cell 6 Irrigation Ponds Earthen Berms and Metal Culverts to be Removed Proposed Shallow Ponds Topographic Complexity Existing Channel to be Filled In Remove up to 2 feet of Sand Earthen Berms and Metal Culverts to be Removed Irrigation Ponds to be Combined – up to 2 feet in depth Topographic Complexity Existing Channel to be Filled In Remove 1 foot of Sand Remove up to 1.5 feet of Sand Cells 3-4 Earthen Berms to be Removed Channel to be Filled In Cell 3 Cell 4 Cell 3 Cell 4 Earthen Berms and Metal Culverts to be Removed No Sand Removal Topographic Complexity Existing Channel to be Filled In Remove up to 1.5 feet of Sand Earthen Berms and Metal Culverts to be Removed Maintain Shallow Ponds Fill Ditches No Topographic Complexity Existing Channel to be Filled In Construct Outlet Channel Deciduous Forested Swamp Atlantic White Cedar SwampUpland Pollinator Meadow Planting Study Area Cold Brook, Harwich - During Construction Sand removal, pond creation, topographic complexity Cold Brook, Harwich – 1 Year After Construction Sand removal, pond creation, topographic complexity 27 Tidmarsh Farms, PlymouthDuring Construction Tidmarsh Farms, PlymouthDuring Construction Topographic Complexity and Cedar Plantings – Eel River, Plymouth Completed in 2010 Eel River, MA – 9 yrs after restoration 31Eel River MA – 9 yrs after restoration 32Eel River, MA – 9 yrs after restoration 33 Ecosystem progression from pond to fen to Atlantic white cedar to upland pine forest at Eel River, 2021 Resource Area Impacts Existing Area to be Disturbed Proposed Changes Bank 11,762 linear feet (LF)-4,407 LF Bordering Vegetated Wetland 1,795,704 square feet (SF)+26,500 SF Land Under Water 266,140 SF -7,583 SF Riverfront Area 3,058,695 SF No Change Project Schedule •Permitting – Fall/Winter 2025 •Final Design – Winter 2025/2026 •Bidding – Spring 2026 •Construction – Summer-Winter 2026 QUESTIONS? Nick Nelson, Project Manager Inter-Fluve 617-714-5537 nnelson@interfluve.com Neal Price, Principal Scientist Horsley Witten 508-833-6600 nprice@horsleywitten.com